Tag: comic strips

• The Pop Culture Lens Episode 11: Captain Midnight

  

  In the eleventh episode of The Pop Culture Lens podcast, Christopher Olson and I welcome friend of the podcast Blair Davis of DePaul University to discuss a pulp hero from the radio era, Captain Midnight. Captain Midnight began as a radio serial in 1938 (which you can listen to here), at the dawn of the […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  June 29, 2015

  Comics Studies, Superheroes

  Adaptation, Adaptation theory, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Captain Midnight, Chicago, Comic books, comic strips, Dark Horse Comics, Fawcett Comics, film serials, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Comics, Ovaltine, radio serials, reboot, reimagining, remake, spin-off, transmedia, transmedia storytelling, WGN

• Comics Adaptations Causing Fractured Fandom

  

  We are now full swing into the summer blockbuster season for Hollywood, and let’s take a tally of movies that are currently out or soon to arrive that originate from the pages of comic books.  Captain America: The Winter Soldier.  The Amazing Spider-Man 2.  X-Men: Days of Future Past.  Hercules.  Guardians of the Galaxy.  Teenage […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  June 11, 2014

  Anime/Manga, Audience/Reception Studies, Comics Studies, Fandom

  Adaptation, Adaptation theory, Adaptations, Avengers, Batman, Blair Davis, Captain America, Comic books, comic strips, Comics, DePaul University, Doctor Who, faithfulness, Fandom, fans, fidelity, fractured fandom, Game of Thrones, Green Arrow, Guardians of the Galaxy, Johnny Storm, Michael B. Jordan, Popular Culture Association, Sin City, Spider-Man, Star Trek, Superman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Joker, Wonder Woman, X-Men